Sleigh-runner attachment for vehicles.



S. M. BUCK.

SLEIGH RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4,1911.

1,300,81 3, Patentd Apr. 15, 1919.

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SLEIGH-RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

Application filed May 4, 1917. Serial No. 1665471.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. BUCK, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Cedar Lake, in the county ofMontcalm and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Sleigh- Runner Attachments for Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to vehicles and more particularly to asleigh attachment for wagons, buggies, and the like vehicles. 7

An object of the present invention is to provide runners adapted to besubstituted for the usual wheels on the spindles of the vehicle, and tomaintain the same relatively wide thread of the vehicle to preventtilting of the same when the runners are applied 7 thereto.

The figure is a top plan view of the sleigh runners, the axles withtheir spindles being applied to the runners.

Referring to these drawings, C indicates the front and rear axles, and Dindicates the ton ue of an ordinary vehicle.

T he sleigh runners for supporting a vehicle are arranged in front andrear pairs l0'and 11. Each runner is composed of a vmain body portion orshoe which is relatively long and narrow and may be provided upon itsunder face with a metallic strip or sole 12 for contact with the snowand ice as is ordinary in sleigh runner construction. The rear end ofthe sole 12 is held in place by overlapping the same about the rear endof the shoe and the forward end of the sole is held in place byoverlapping the forward end thereof over the horn or upturned for: Wardend of the shoe. The forward end of the shoe may be reinforced by theprovision of side plates 13 to be riveted or bolted against the oppositesides of the shoe and which are curved to conform to the configurationthereof.

The body or shoe of the runner is pro vided with a mounting orconnecting block 14 preferably in the form of a casting having alongitudinally extending channel in its lower end forming lateralflanges 15 adapted for overlapping engagement against the opposite sidesof the shoe. The block 14 is provided with a vertically extending Webportion which rises from the channeled lower end of the block, and whichis reinforced by the provision of a second vertical web portion whichrises from the flanges 15 and is transversely widened toward the up perend of the block. The block is further provided with a sleeve 16 orcylindrical portion adapted to fit over the spindle of the axle C torotatably connect the block 14 to the axle for free oscillating movementthereon. The block 16 is thus reinforced against longitudinal andtransverse strain, and the sleeve portion 16 upon the upper end of theblock projects from the opposite sides of the same to maintain the shoeof the runner in substantially the same plane as is occupied by thetread portion of the wheel when mounted on the axle.

The runners 10 are connected together at their forward ends by spacingsleeves 17 through which bolts 18 pass, the latter being secured atopposite ends to the forward ends of the runners 10. The sleeve 17 isthus rotatably mounted upon the forward end of the runners. The sleeve17 is provided with a pair of forwardly extending spaced-apart hounds 19adapted to receive the inner end of the wagon tongue D therebetween, andare preferably reinforced by the provision of wear strips 20 securedalong the inner op: posite edges of the hounds 19 and being overturnedabout the outer extremities of the same. A bolt 21, such as usuallyemployed for securing the tongue D to the usual hounds of a vehicle, issecured through the hounds and through the tongue D to hold the latterin position. Brace rods 22 are preferably connected at their forwardends to the bolt 21 at the outer sides or edges of the hounds 19 anddiverge rearwardly from the hounds toward the opposite ends of thesleeves 17. The rear ends of the braces 22 are preferably of circular orcollar form and are adapted to bind about the ends of the sleeve 17 forholding the hounds 19 against endwise deflection.

When the vehicle is in motion, it is apparent that the front runners 10are free to swing of oscillate'upon the front axle C.

It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may bemade in the details of construction of the above specifically describedsleigh runner attachment for vehicles Without departing from the spiritof this invention, and being restricted only in the scope of thefollowing claim.

I claim In a sleigh runner attachment for vehicles the combination, Witha pair of runners, of

braces having their rear ends connected to' said sleeve and theirforward ends to said bolt, and a draft member pivotally mount-ed uponsaid bolt and extending'rea-rwardly thereof having its rear endprojecting be yond and beneath said sleeve.

SAMUEL M. BUCK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

